Georgia Skull Base Center Skull base tumors and diseases of the skull base region can affect the brain, hearing, vision and balance if not properly treated. The Georgia Skull Base Center offers surgical procedures for benign and malignant skull base tumors, cerebral aneurysms and diseases of the skull base—part of the body that separates the brain from facial structures—to adult and children patients throughout the Southeast. Our team of experienced skull base surgeons includes an otolaryngologist, neurosurgeons and other surgical specialists who work together to deliver leading-edge multidisciplinary care and surgery for skull base tumors and disorders. Our center is the only one of its kind in the Augusta area and the first in Georgia to offer complete endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery, a technology that has revolutionized the management of many types of skull base tumors and lets surgeons remove tumors that were once inoperable. The Skull Base Center offers a range of surgical options, including: • Minimally invasive endoscopic endonasal surgeries • Traditional open skull base surgeries for patients who are not candidates for minimally invasive options
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Our Specialized Team C. Arturo Solares, MD
Associate Professor, Head and Neck Surgery Clinical interests: Endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery, open anterior and lateral skull base surgery, transoral robotic surgery, functional microvascular reconstructive surgery
J. Kenneth Byrd, MD
Assistant Professor, Head and Neck Surgery Clinical interests: Transoral robotic and laser surgery, endoscopic surgery for skull base tumors and defects, conservation laryngeal cancer surgery
Stil E. Kountakis, MD, PhD
Porubsky Professor and Chairman, Department of Otolaryngology Clinical interests: Diseases of the nose and sinuses, acute and chronic sinusitis, rhinology, endoscopic sinus surgery, nasal polyps, nasal obstruction, deviated nasal septum, nasal allergies, nasal and sinus tumors
Sarah E. Mowry, MD
Assistant Professor, Otology/ Neurotology Clinical interests: Quality of life outcomes, clinical predictors of tympanoplasty success, surgical/medical therapy outcome measures, surgical education, chronic otitis media in the elderly
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Call us at 706-721-4400 for more information or schedule an appointment online at grhealth.org/skullbase.
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